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Accidents - Water skiing - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 953
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:322Upper Trunk:242
Upper Leg:142Shoulder:88
Face:71Knee:44
Ankle:40

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Water skiing
PT WENT SKIING LAST SUNDAY, HAS HAD ACUTE CHEST TENDERNESS, NOT RELIEVE D DURING WEEK. CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
RT THIGH STRAIN.PT WAS WATER SKIING AND INJURED THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WATER SKIING ON A LAKE, FELL CAUSING A DISLOCATION TO RT SHOULDE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
PT TRYING TO GET UP ON WATERSKIIS;FELT PULL IN BACK OF LEG. DX: LEFT H AMSTRING STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Water skiing
L HIP INJ57YOM WHILE WATER SKIING FELT PULLING ON L THIGH AND LET GO. U NABLE TO GET OUT OF WATER D/T PAIN. SHARP PAIN TO HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
INJURED WATER SKIING/KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WATERSKIING AND FELL HARD ON THE WATER, CONTUSIONS TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WATERSKIING ON THE WATER, FELL CAUSING A LT GROIN STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
54 YOF HAS A CONTUSION TO BUTTOCKS AND LEFT THIGH AFTER FEELING A POP W HILE WATER SKIING LAST WEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
WAS WATER SKIING YESTERDAY AND PULLED HAMSTRING IN (L) LEG DX- STRAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
PATIENT PULLED MUSCLE TRYING TO GET UP ON WATER SKIS. DX: SPRAIN TO R IGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS HIT IN KNEE W/WATER SKI AT LAKE. DX: L KNEE LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
PT COMPLAINED OF HIP PAIN AFTER FALL WHILE WATER SKIING, CONTUSION TO RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
LOWER BACK PAIN FROM WATER SKIING AND FELL, HYPEREXTENDED. DX- ACUTE L2 SUPERIOR/ANTERIOR ENDPLATE COMPRESSION FRACTURE, ACUTE ABDOMINAL STR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT WAS WATER SKIING AND GETTING INTO BOAT AND H IT SHOULDER ON SIDE OF BOAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
PT C/O L ANKLE PAIN, PT WAS WAKE BOARDING TODAY, TWISTED L ANKLE. DX. SPRAIN L ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WATER SKIING AND RAN INTO MANGROVES LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
PT FELL WHILE SKIING SIX DAYS AGO AND FRACTURED RIBS- SKIING TYPE NOT S PECIFIED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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